1881 census place

Leeds surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Leeds, Yorkshire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the district or town. Frequency and index show whether the surname was unusually common locally.

Place summary

5,767 surnames are listed for Leeds, Yorkshire, covering 138,733 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Sturdy, with 25 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Leeds

Small places can have high concentration scores even when the raw count is modest. The index column helps separate genuinely local surnames from names that simply appear in large numbers everywhere.

#	Surname	Total	Frequency	Index
1101	Sturdy	25	0.020%	4.82x
1102	Thrippleton	25	0.020%	34.97x
1103	Watkin	25	0.020%	1.75x
1104	Whitehouse	25	0.020%	0.59x
1105	Barran	24	0.010%	23.39x
1106	Blanchard	24	0.010%	1.79x
1107	Branson	24	0.010%	4.10x
1108	Bryan	24	0.010%	0.59x
1109	Chamberlain	24	0.010%	0.54x
1110	Claughton	24	0.010%	14.14x
1111	Clement	24	0.010%	1.46x
1112	Coward	24	0.010%	1.28x
1113	Cusworth	24	0.010%	9.99x
1114	Dunhill	24	0.010%	15.65x
1115	Dye	24	0.010%	2.21x
1116	Earl	24	0.010%	1.12x
1117	Earnshaw	24	0.010%	1.19x
1118	Fitton	24	0.010%	1.31x
1119	Furniss	24	0.010%	3.31x
1120	Galvin	24	0.010%	6.83x
1121	Hallas	24	0.010%	3.94x
1122	Harrop	24	0.010%	1.29x
1123	Hawksworth	24	0.010%	3.25x
1124	Hawley	24	0.010%	1.50x
1125	Hemmingway	24	0.010%	9.66x
1126	Hickman	24	0.010%	0.87x
1127	Hillyard	24	0.010%	5.76x
1128	Hitchen	24	0.010%	2.16x
1129	Judson	24	0.010%	3.21x
1130	Leaf	24	0.010%	8.60x
1131	Learoyd	24	0.010%	15.11x
1132	Lobley	24	0.010%	7.34x
1133	Mahoney	24	0.010%	1.37x
1134	Meek	24	0.010%	1.26x
1135	Midwood	24	0.010%	10.57x
1136	Mitton	24	0.010%	5.01x
1137	Mullen	24	0.010%	1.54x
1138	Mulligan	24	0.010%	2.63x
1139	Peake	24	0.010%	1.52x
1140	Power	24	0.010%	1.10x
1141	Prentis	24	0.010%	18.87x
1142	Pyrah	24	0.010%	8.16x
1143	Revell	24	0.010%	2.54x
1144	Rutter	24	0.010%	0.96x
1145	Strutt	24	0.010%	4.72x
1146	Troughton	24	0.010%	4.54x
1147	Underwood	24	0.010%	0.54x
1148	Wiggins	24	0.010%	1.36x
1149	Wildman	24	0.010%	2.40x
1150	Woodall	24	0.010%	1.83x
1151	Audsley	23	0.010%	12.77x
1152	Auty	23	0.010%	4.20x
1153	Bagnall	23	0.010%	1.64x
1154	Beresford	23	0.010%	1.91x
1155	Betts	23	0.010%	0.66x
1156	Bramfitt	23	0.010%	54.03x
1157	Brierley	23	0.010%	0.79x
1158	Brunt	23	0.010%	2.04x
1159	Charlton	23	0.010%	0.49x
1160	Corson	23	0.010%	13.68x
1161	Crew	23	0.010%	2.23x
1162	Crosfield	23	0.010%	35.41x
1163	Cuddy	23	0.010%	16.99x
1164	Cummings	23	0.010%	0.91x
1165	Dearlove	23	0.010%	6.56x
1166	Dennell	23	0.010%	41.73x
1167	Dibb	23	0.010%	6.70x
1168	Dunning	23	0.010%	1.66x
1169	Fall	23	0.010%	6.54x
1170	Farley	23	0.010%	1.12x
1171	Fozzard	23	0.010%	18.56x
1172	Garbutt	23	0.010%	1.95x
1173	Gosling	23	0.010%	0.90x
1174	Greenfield	23	0.010%	1.27x
1175	Hopps	23	0.010%	10.30x
1176	Horsley	23	0.010%	1.50x
1177	Huggan	23	0.010%	14.73x
1178	Inman	23	0.010%	2.07x
1179	Ives	23	0.010%	1.20x
1180	Kearney	23	0.010%	3.03x
1181	Kidd	23	0.010%	0.69x
1182	Laverick	23	0.010%	3.86x
1183	Linfoot	23	0.010%	8.55x
1184	Lowrey	23	0.010%	7.41x
1185	Makin	23	0.010%	1.64x
1186	Mosey	23	0.010%	18.16x
1187	Neville	23	0.010%	1.18x
1188	Oldham	23	0.010%	0.80x
1189	Pybus	23	0.010%	4.73x
1190	Raby	23	0.010%	2.93x
1191	Rathbone	23	0.010%	2.53x
1192	Rowland	23	0.010%	0.50x
1193	Saxton	23	0.010%	2.38x
1194	Shearer	23	0.010%	1.10x
1195	Slade	23	0.010%	0.71x
1196	Swaine	23	0.010%	3.20x
1197	Swale	23	0.010%	10.43x
1198	Willans	23	0.010%	14.79x
1199	Allanson	22	0.010%	6.87x
1200	Battye	22	0.010%	3.74x